"Policies and Impact: An Evaluation of Village-Level Microfinance Institutions." Joseph P. Kaboski and Robert M. Townsend. Journal of the European Economic Association 3(1), January 2005: 1-50. ABSTRACTPDF

"Evaluation of Financial Liberalization: A general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice." Xavier Gine and Robert M. Townsend. Journal of Development Economics 74(2), August 2004: 269-304. ABSTRACTPDF

"Financial Markets and Poverty: An Algorithm for Policy-based Research and Research-based Policy." Robert M. Townsend. Chapter 1 in proceedings of 2004 Inter-American Development Bank conference. LINK

"Sampling Design for an Integrated Socioeconomic and Ecological Survey by Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Ordination." Michael W. Binford, Tae Jeong Lee, and Robert M. Townsend. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(31), August 2004: 11517-11522. ABSTRACTPDF